Rotary Cutting Revolution


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With these eight quilt block designs, learn a fabric-cutting technique that will save you time and money. The Make It Simpler® Way of rotary cutting is a brand-new method for cutting your fabric pieces quickly-in just one step! Bestselling author and teacher Anita Grossman Solomon shows you how to cut squares into smaller pieces with precision but without waste. When you use her efficient shortcuts, you’ll get more bang for your fabric buck! • Build your blocks the Make It Simpler® Way-stack, cut, and sew perfect blocks • Revolutionary cutting technique saves time without wasting fabric • Over 300 photographs guide you every step of the way • Streamline eight traditional blocks including Pineapple, Old Italian, and Windmill • Learn how to pre-sew the “Anita’s Arrowhead” block prior to cutting • Unique sewing and construction tips




Judy Martin Ultimate Rotary Cutting Reference


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At last, rotary cutting is discussed in complete detail to help beginners and advanced quilters alike. Judy Martin's Ultimate Rotary Cutting Reference answers all your rotary cutting questions.




Rotary Cutting Basics


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Rotary cutting confidence is possible with this beginner-friendly reference book! Tips on how to choose the right cutter for the job, use a cutter safely, and beginner and advanced techniques you can accomplish with any rotary cutter. Plus, learn what other tools you might need along the way, equipment care and troubleshooting tips. Quilters and sewists can now demystify rotary cutting and select the right tool for the job to help them achieve efficiency and accuracy. Get the perfect cut every time!




Make it Simpler Paper Piecing


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Here are more than 30 traditional-style, 6" quilt blocks that are easy to assemble without using a single pin. Prepare to be amazed as Anita Solomon's pinless, fold-and-sew technique and see-through vellum foundation paper eliminate the need to cut units apart. Block patterns include stars, baskets, and houses, and come complete with step-by-step instructions for both basic paper piecing and Solomon's special techniques. Both complete novices and expert quilters can use this ingenious new take on paper piecing.




Perfect Blocks in Minutes-the Make it Simpler Way


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Revolutionary technique! Each block is pieced on one sheet of foundation paper-no sewing multiple units together to assemble one block 60 traditional 6" quilt blocks made easy-even blocks that have never been paper-pieced before Anita's fold & sew method is the secret to perfect blocks Paper-piecers love the accurate results.




Not Your Grandmother's Log Cabin


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Best-selling authors Marci Baker and Sara Nephew are back with a new slant on the classic Log Cabin. This updated second edition includes 6 amazing new patterns, for a total of 40 projects! Use the 10" Clearview Triangle ruler, also sold by C&T Publishing for fast and easy cutting. A robust "design your own" section with setting shapes, alternate blocks, and border options will help you uncover infinite possibilities. This fully illustrated guide includes easy-to-use troubleshooting tips and detailed material lists for all the quilts.




Oh, Scrap!


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Want to be a scrap quilter? Great! Want to think like a scrap quilter? Learn from a master! Lissa Alexander has spent three decades honing her scrap-quilting talents, and in her first solo book, she offers page after page of tips for making dazzling scrap quilts bursting with colors, prints, and textures. Learn Lissa's secrets for deciding which fabric combinations work (and understanding why others don't). Best of all, with a dozen patterns to choose from you'll discover how to (finally!) use your unique stash to make scrap quilts that sing. Includes a preface by renowned quilt historian Barbara Brackman.




Braided Bargello Quilts


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Discover the simple techniques behind advanced Bargello quilts in this guide by the author of Bargello: Quilts in Motion—featuring 16 all-new projects! Quilter Ruth Ann Berry is a master of Bargello techniques. Here she shares the simple construction secrets behind captivating designs that feature flowing braids of color. This follow-up to her successful guide Bargello: Quilts in Motion features 16 new projects, from bed quilts to wallhangings. Weaving in more design elements and colorways, you'll be able to work 20 or even 40 fabrics into a single quilt! Track your progress with a design chart and learn expert tips for fabric cutting and strip piecing.




Star Log Cabin Quilt


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Star Log Cabin adds a new dimension of beauty to the classic Log Cabin pattern. Using her famous Log Cabin book as the foundation, Eleanor has developed an assembly-line method of adding stars among the blocks. These are easy stars, not diamond patches! Choose from several different layouts for a distinctive look




Unscrewed


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Perfect for the do-it-yourselfer, this handy guide to household electronics gives the weekend workbench enthusiast a multitude of ideas on how to salvage valuable parts from old electronics and turn them into useful gadgets once more. This handbook is loaded with information and helpful tips for disassembling old and broken electronics. Each of the more than 50 deconstruction projects includes a "treasures cache" of the components to be found, a required tools list, and step-by-step instructions with photos on how to safely extract the working components. Projects include building a desk lamp from an old flatbed scanner, a barbeque supercharger from a Dustbuster impeller, and a robot from the gears, rollers, and stepper motor found in an ink-jet printer. Now, old VHS players and fax machines will find new life with these fun ideas.